Nancy M. Lorenzi, Ph.D.
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs
Professor of Biomedical Informatics
Clinical Professor in Nursing
     Vanderbilt University Medical Center
     The Informatics Center
     428 Eskind Biomedical Library
     2209 Garland Ave
     Nashville, TN 37232-8340

     Voice: (615) 936-1423
     Fax: (615) 936-1427

     E-mail: nancy.lorenzi@mcmail.vanderbilt.edu

 
Institution
Degree
   Focus Areas
Youngstown State University
A.B.
   Psychology, Sociology, Biology, Geology
Case Western Reserve University
M.S.
   Medical Information and Library Science
University of Louisville
M.A.
   Sociology with focus on self esteem
University of Cincinnati
Ph.D.
 Organizational Behavior with major focus on the relationship between leadership and organizational growth
  • Assistant Vice-Chancellor for Health Affairs and Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Elected as a Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics and as a Fellow of the Medical Library Association
  • Conceptualized and led the successful implementation of a small pioneering patient-centered clinical information system
  • Co-authored the books: Organizational Aspects of Health Informatics: Managing Technological Change, Springer-Verlag, 1995 and Transforming Health Care Through Information: Case Studies, Springer-Verlag, 1995, Behavioral Health Care Informatics, Springer-Verlag, 2001
  • Co-authored chapters on the people and organizational aspects of information technology systems for health administration, nursing informatics, and public health informatics books
  • One of the pioneers in the National Library of Medicine's IAIMS research program
  • Past President of the 5,000 member Medical Library Association [MLA]
  • Elected Treasurer for American Medical Informatics Association (2000-2001)
  • Elected Vice President of the International Medical Informatics Association (1998-2002)
  • Elected Executive Committee of the American College of Medical Informatics (1999-2002)
  • Chosen as Program Chair for the 1999 Fall Symposium of the American Medical Informatics (AMIA), with over 2,000 attendees attended
  • Conceptualized and chaired a pioneering International Medical Informatics Association [IMIA] Working Conference, The Organizational Impact of Informatics
  • Founded and served as the first chair of working groups on People and Organization Issues in Informatics for both AMIA and IMIA
  • Published more than 75 articles in over 40 journals and publications
  • Spoken nationally and internationally—including a number of keynote speeches—on a variety of topics such as informatics, planning, change management, and general management
  • Consulted widely in both the public and private sectors in a variety of topical areas
  • Directed several successful major political campaigns for health care tax levies
    • last updated 6/11/01